RECOVERY

So, true to year 2017 to the Rosenberg fam....RECOVERY wasn't as smooth as we would have hoped. As previously mentioned it took a while for Lucas to come back from anesthesia land. We get home and took care of his wound with care and detail through out the day and night. On day 4 post op, he was still very fussy and we noticed that his nose and lip incision were swollen and angry looking. We took pictures and sent to surgeon. She wasn't too concerned but because he was so fussy she started him on antibiotics. We continued to wound care and give meds for the next week with no real progress. It was time for our follow up appointment with surgeon in Gainesville at SHANDS. She examined him and believed that his body was rejecting the superficial stitches, which is something she hadn't experienced yet....But not all that uncommon. She did prescribe stronger antibiotic just in case. So finally a few days later we have turned the corner. Now his lip is fully healed and his nose continues to improve as well. Other than the stress on us and Lucas with delayed healing....A few stitches in his nose dissolved sooner than desired so his nostril is flatter on one side. The rest of the surgery took so he may need a minor surgery and he's 4-5 years old to fix that nostril but we will just wait and see how it heals! Lucas starts daycare this week! I'm a little nervous about it of course, but we love our daycare and the infant teachers so we know he is in good hands.
Post op advice to those mom's reading this blog for info:

-Ask for IV antibiotics and post op antibiotics if at all possible. They say infection s don't happen that often...But the nose and mouth have bacteria that can easily cause infection no matter how careful you are.

- Make sure the nurses or MD actually clean the wound thoroughly before leaving hospital. I still feel that if we would have started out with less scabby blood in nostril before being left on our own, things may have gone differently. Our nurse seemed afraid to do too much and advised me to also be very careful. Although I agree we should be careful, that scan in nose is still hanging out and should have probably been taken care of earlier. Surgeon recommended now that we leave it until we see her again May 1st.

-Bringing zip or button up pj onesies are the best for hospital and after so you don't have to put clothes on over head and you don't have to worry about losing socks ;)

-No matter how tired you and baby are, let nurse do the bath before leaving hospital.
-Its recommended by our doc to use a peroxide and saline mix to clean wound. I think this was a little too harsh on Lucas so I would just stick to saline and soap/water.

Anyhow...He still looks great of course and finally healing on track! Check him out...